What makes it thicker?

Battery. Someone posted earlier that the battery went from 25whr or something like that to a 45whr.

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dam I fell into the troll trap lol

 

It's about 6 to 8 mm thicker because of the bigger battery other then that it's pretty much identical.

 

I would say it's the screen. It's unlikely the battery given that if you open an iPad 1 or iPad 2 you can see that there is a boat load of excess space to makes the battery cell wider. The screen however, is less flexible in design.

 

Backlight for the retina display and battery. Its .6mm thicker which is tiny. Whats amazing is the new batteries are a super capacity design.

 

You mean *0.6* mm thicker According to Apple's specs, the new iPad (3rd gen) is 9.4 mm thick, while the iPad 2 is 8.8 mm thick.

 

Lol if this was true the iPad would be about double in thickness. It's .6mm thicker.

 

it is NOT that thick but it adds some weight 50grams ...

 

I wish they maintained the thickness of iPad 1. The iPad 2 is anorexic thin.

 

I know the battery is bigger and that accounts for a lot of the thickness (and weight) increase, but in the keynote around 77:35 they talk about having to elevate the pixels to a different level from the electrical signals to keep a clear image. I can imagine that might account for some of the increased thickness.

 

Has to be the battery. There's no way they can boost resolution and keep the same 9-10 hour use with the same battery as the iPad2.

 

this babe who lives down the street...oh you mean the iPad...sorry

 

I dunno guys. I remember reading somewhere that the improved camera required more space.

 

Crushed up Unicorns and Leprechauns go into every 2012 iPad. It's what makes it so magical.

Oh, and also the battery and Retina display have added depth.

 

To put it in perspective, 0.6 mm is about half the thickness of a standard sheet of paper (if anyone here remembers what paper was )

I think you would be hard pressed to see the difference.

 

Sorry. Yes that's what I meant. Getting late and I'm not only tired but suffering from a stomach ache.

 

Lol, 0.6mm is several sheets of paper stacked up....

 

When it comes to depth, even a 0.2mm difference will feel different. The iPad2 I felt was a little too thin and didn't have enough of a graded slope. The first iPad had the bezel I liked on the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S but for now, the thicker iPad 2012 will feel better in the hand.

 

I see a lot of confusion about millimeters.

Don't American rulers / tape-measures have inches on one side and mm's on the other?

 

I'm not sure what type of paper you use, but for the rest of us, 0.6 mm is NOT half the thickness of a sheet.

 

Its bigger battery for...you know.

Women love the form-factor of the new iPad.

 

Sooo many of these response beg for the "That's what she said" tag.

But that could cause a lot of negative ratings.